title: [Functional significance of heat shock protein 90].
abstract: The heat shock protein 90 kDalpha (Hsp90) subfamily is constituted by five isoforms, among them Hsp90alpha and Hsp90beta are the more abundant cytosolic proteins. These two proteins are molecular chaperons that participate in numerous cellular processes, through interacting with more than 100 proteins known as client proteins of Hsp90. These client proteins include: transcriptional factors, kinase proteins and other proteins that participate in transcriptional and transductional regulation such as steroid hormone receptors and nitric oxide synthases. This review offers a retrospective in the recent information about molecular and cellular functions of Hsp90 in the vascular physiology. In addition, the studies that evaluate Hsp90 role in the renal physiology and pathophysiology are discussed. Finally, the molecular tools developed to manipulate the Hsp90 expression in vitro and in vivo, through its inhibition or over-expression are reviewed. All these studies together have allowed increasing our knowledge regarding the role of Hsp90 during normal and pathophysiological conditions.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México e Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Tlalpan.
authors.forename: Carlo César
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cortés-González
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramírez-González
authors.forename: Ana Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ariza
authors.forename: Norma A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bobadilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins